Woodlands Motel

Staff as lovely as ever-helpful and professional. However in general not a great experience, this time round. Needs TLC and investment.

Booked a room on short notice for 2 nights, lucky I got the last available one. After driving up from Auckland in the morning, I managed to check in around lunchtime to get changed to attend a function nearby. Returning to our room around 8.00pm I first noticed the rather quirky setups and rather scarce furniture, which consisted out of only one chair, a wiggly small table with some tea and coffee sachets and an electric jug. The TV had an selection of basic freeview channels but due to this room only separated by a locked door from the adjacent unit, I couldn't really turn it up loud enough because we could hear people next door laughing and I didn't want to be ignorant and let them "listen" to our TV. The bed seemed to be nice and soft first, but within an hour I became a little uncomfortable due to the probably worn out mattress which was also a little too short. Next day, I tried to make us a coffee and realized that the power cord of the water jug was so short that I couldn't connect it to any of the two power outlets without standing it away from that table on the carpet. Also, I needed to go all the way to the communal kitchen to refill the jug because the unit had no more water tap or sink, which both were removed and the connections plugged. I took my coffee and went outside to sit at one of the tables to enjoy the morning sun whilst my partner was still waking up. When I tried to get back into the unit I wasn't able to open the door from the outside so I had to knock until I was let in. Somehow, the door lock must have locked itself, which was the case after I tried it out then and there. Dodgy lock No.1 and lucky I wasn't alone, because even at 8am there was nobody anywhere in or around the reception area. The rest of that day, we had to visit friends and had dinner there, came back and went to bed at about 9pm. N Next morning, I was going to have a shower in the communal bathroom facilities before driving back to Auckland. When I tried to open the door, I could not even turn the knob, even so it appeared unlocked. I started calling for somebody to help me out but nobody was near the area. At least the window was open, but my arms and legs were too short to even think about escaping from this steamy cell. I started to panic a bit and tried to use a bit of force when my phone fell out of my pocket onto the wet floor. I didn't even think about it and lucky I had it now, so I called my partner to the rescue. It took here several attempts until she managed to finally open the door from the outside and to this day I still don't know how this could have happened. The doorlocks around this motel must be really worn out, and so is the rest of it, sorry to say ! Got dressed, packed up and left key in the mailbox at the office, which was still closed at around 9am. Conclusion: The motel seems to be a little neglected and quite run down and even for $260 for two nights, including the "locked out and locked in" experiences, it is not a

We arrived early evening. Key was left in apostbos. We got to the room and tv was on, windows open. It smelled musty and a plug in airfreshener was on. Toilets and shower were dirty, hair etc in the showers. Toothpaste left by other users. The door had been knocked in and a piece if plywood replaced the panel kicked out. The kitchen was usable. Outdoor chairs and area very neglected. Overall NOT recommended!

Arrived after hours but access was easy. We had a Tourist Room and new to expect only beds and a Jug, tea and coffee. Room smelt really musty and dirty but beds were clean. The jug kept blowing the multi box so had to be plugged directly into wall socket. At 9.30pm as we were going to bed a car alarm went off outside our door but no one came out to turn it off. This happened 6 times so I called after hours and a lady came to see what was going on. It turned out to be the owners vehicle who eventually arrived and moved it 4 car spaces away. It went off once again in the night. I then turned the bedside lamp on and the plug exploded causing blackness on my hand and burnt the hairs on my fingers. It blew the fuse. It gave us a fright so I texted the manager and asked for the night manager to come and see us. She just unplugged the lamp and left it there. The manager texted back and said maybe I would have been better staying in the motel room and not the budget room!!!! ***. It should still have been a safe room. We finally got to sleep and then we were woken up by the TV coming on by itself at 2am in the morning. The next morning we went to see the manager who didn't even apologise or ask if we were ok. I said I didn't think we should pay the full price due to what happened. She argued the point but eventually she told us to not bother paying and to just leave. I think this was a couple of people arrived and walked in the door and she didn't want them to here our complaint. I would never recommend tis place to anyone

I really liked the room. Huge bed. I appreciated the ranch slider with a deck looking out into the forest. Very beautiful It almost felt like I was in a different country. Although a little dated, the room was well appointed and very clean. The only down side for me was the light from outside, even with the blind down the room was quite light. That could be a real plus for some people. Great communication and I’d be really happy to stay again.

Everything was clean, and everything worked! Beautiful bush outlook is a point of difference. Friendly staff - and cat!

Excellent location for walking to town and supermarket. Short drives to Stone Store and good restaurants. Also very handy for the airport. Our studio near the bush at the back was comfortable and quiet. Beautiful setting with a walking track to a river through old redwoods and natives. Super friendly and obliging staff and owner.

Good location for town and local airport. Peaceful and birdsong was lovely.

Nice and handy to town but felt nice and tucked away too